That is the middle of 339 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.8 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
339 homes sold in three years: 109 detached houses, 102 semi-detached houses, 69 terraced houses and 59 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£375K
median sale · 109 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£450K
Last 12 months
£338K25 sold
New build
£418K
Semi-detached houses£271K
median sale · 102 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£300K
Last 12 months
£275K31 sold
New build
£365K
Terraced houses£238K
median sale · 69 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£268K
Last 12 months
£237K20 sold
Flats and maisonettes£129K
median sale · 59 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£107K–£150K
Last 12 months
£123K9 sold
New build
£150K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses32%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses20%
Flats and maisonettes17%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Wincanton’s homes sold for between £195K and £350K
One sale in ten was under £130K and one in ten over £425K. 40% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £272,000, sits in the £250–300K band
339 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.8 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,000 in 1995 to £280,000 in the last 12 months (£206,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
85 sales in the last 12 months, against 190 in 2007, the busiest year, and 64 in 2008. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 63% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wincanton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wincanton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£68K
£120K
£219K
£228K
£255K
£295K
£338K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£73K
£150K
£169K
£168K
£221K
£275K
Terraced houses
£40K
£63K
£142K
£163K
£160K
£180K
£237K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£40K
£90K
£98K
£93K
£93K
£123K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
640 new homes have been sold in Wincanton since 1995; the share peaked at 29% in 2012.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £357,000
against £268,000 for a home sold on, 33% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
18% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Wincanton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Churchfield is Wincanton’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
24 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Churchfield
BA9
18
£152,500
Mostly flats · new builds
2
King Alfreds Drive
BA9
17
£410,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Crocker Way
BA9
14
£281,250
Mixed
4
Broadweavers Close
BA9
12
£365,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Peach Pie Street
BA9
11
£242,500
Mixed
6
Cale Way
BA9
10
£297,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
North Street
BA9
10
£275,000
Mixed
8
Southgate Drive
BA9
9
£255,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Pines Close
BA9
8
£134,000
Mostly flats
10
West Hill
BA9
7
£600,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Lancelot Drive
BA9
7
£300,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Vedelers Close
BA9
7
£262,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Carrington Way
BA9
7
£80,000
Mostly flats
14
Atkins Hill
BA9
6
£382,500
Mostly detached houses
15
Springfield Road
BA9
6
£286,250
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
West Hill: £600,000
Wincanton median£272K
West Hill£600K
Devenish Lane£425K
King Alfreds Drive£410K
Atkins Hill£383K
Broadweavers Close£365K
Cheapest streets
Carrington Way: £80,000
Wincanton median£272K
Carrington Way£80K
Church Street£130K
Pines Close£134K
Churchfield£153K
Mill Street£185K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.5 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Somerset
Wincanton is the 30th most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Wincanton is in the middle of Somerset’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Wincanton
What is the average house price in Wincanton?
The median home in Wincanton sold for £272,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 339 standard sales (£280,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £375,000, semi-detached houses £271,000, terraced houses £237,500 and flats and maisonettes £129,250.
Are house prices going up in Wincanton?
The median was £270,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£269,500), and £280,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Wincanton each year?
85 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 137 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wincanton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: West Hill (BA9, £600,000), Devenish Lane (BA9, £425,000) and King Alfreds Drive (BA9, £410,000).
How much does a new build cost in Wincanton?
New homes sold for a median £357,000 over three years, against £268,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Wincanton expensive for Somerset?
Wincanton is the 30th most expensive of 49 towns of 2,500 or more in Somerset by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.